MIAMI – Henderson Alvarez entered his final Marlins Park start of 2014 Tuesday tied with Clayton Kershaw for the best home ERA (1.75) in the majors. Wednesday, Alvarez will wake up in sole possession of the top spot.
He shut out the Phillies over 7 2/3...

With lefty Randy Wolf moving into the starting rotation and Anthony DeSclafani optioned to Triple-A New Orleans late Wednesday night, the Marlins called up reliever Chris Hatcher Thursday morning.
The 29-year-old righty has started the season strong...

MIAMI Christian Yelich’s bases-loaded, two-out, walk-off single lifted the Marlins to a 4–3 win over the Phillies Thursday, giving Miami its seventh win in eight home series this season.
The lanky 21-year-old outfielder grounded a 1–1 fastball off...

PHILADELPHIA – The Marlins cannot replace Giancarlo Stanton, but someone will start in right field nonetheless.
With left Cole Hamels on the mound Friday, manager Mike Redmond gave that first assignment to the right-handed hitting Ed Lucas. The Marlins...

PHILADELPHIA – Life without Giancarlo Stanton started as one might have expected for the Marlins: With a one-run output.
The Phillies overcame a 1-0 deficit and got a 10th-inning, two-run, walk-off homer from Cody Asche off Dan Jennings for a 3-1 win...

MIAMI GARDENS  Coming off a disastrous home stand that has seen them lose ground to the Phillies, the Marlins head to Philadelphia Tuesday hoping to keep the division leaders within striking distance.
"We know that Philly is tough and that they...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Pedro Alvarez had three hits, including two doubles and a two-run homer, as a Pittsburgh Pirates' split squad beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 Friday.Two of Alvarez's hits, including the home run, came against left-handed pitchers, and...

Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels were in the ballpark together one more time, each guy going a different direction. Halladay is retired now and thinking about a career as a sports psychologist. Lee is facing an uncertain future as he tries to rehab...

CLEARWATER, Fla. With three weeks until opening day, the Phillies' starting rotation is still very much in flux. Cliff Lee is attempting to pitch through a tear in his elbow tendon and Aaron Harang has missed two of three scheduled Grapefruit League...

CLEARWATER, Fla. Cole Hamels does not look at Cliff Lee and see himself ... not yet anyway. He does not watch Lee have a soft catch with bullpen coach Rod Nichols, as Lee did Wednesday morning, and worry that he, too, will someday feel a twinge in his...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Philadelphia left-hander Cole Hamels allowed Jordy Mercer's two-run home run in the third inning and the Phillies rallied in the sixth to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Wednesday.
Making his second start of the spring,...

SAN DIEGO — Baseball's Winter Meetings invariably consist of a lot of talk and little action.
Not this year, though, as the four-day gathering that concluded Thursday at the Manchester Grand Hyatt included 19 transactions that involved 44 players.
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Let’s hang on, to what we’ve got …
Anyway, if he's viewed as some really, really bright prospect you should hang onto him. If his name is Corey Seager, Joc Pederson or Julio Urias.
The Dodgers were making deals all over the Gaslamp Quarter on...

Jon Lester, enjoy the Windy City. Cole Hamels, it would have been sweet. Max Scherzer, rejoice in those coming riches. James Shields, guess we never really thought it was going to happen.
The superstar pitcher who was going to be added to give the...

SAN DIEGO — Dave Dombrowski was enjoying a relaxing moment in the lobby of the Machester Grand Hyatt on Sunday.
However, the Detroit Tigers president and general manager knows there probably won't be many of those between Monday and Thursday during...

As news spread overnight that Jon Lester had spurned Red Sox ownership in favor of the boy genius who once had escaped its employ dressed in a gorilla suit, another slightly less audacious scene began to spread across the Internet.We're talking about...

Judging from the various degrees of interest, the only stress free agent left-hander Jon Lester will encounter will be saying ‘’no thanks’’ to the teams he’ll turn down.
The interest in Lester, 30, has swelled and become more public in recent days with...